{"id":9599,"date":"2015-03-18T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9599"},"modified":"2015-03-18T04:34:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T11:34:56","slug":"too-distracted-for-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9599","title":{"rendered":"Too distracted for writing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why am I distracted?<\/p>\n

Oh, for several reasons. <\/p>\n

I have a new mattress. I really want to go to bed and try it out. It may be that I am in bed at a very unreasonably early hour doing just that.  Clean sheets and a new mattress are pretty hard to beat. <\/p>\n

Maybe I can muster up enough attention for some gratitude. Gratitude is always a good thing, right?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. New mattresses<\/li>\n
  2. Clean sheets<\/li>\n
  3. The sound of rain on an aluminum roof<\/li>\n
  4. Music<\/li>\n
  5. Books<\/li>\n
  6. Tinted windows and foggy glass<\/li>\n
  7. Left handed golf clubs<\/li>\n
  8. Berry colored lip gloss<\/li>\n
  9. Clear communication<\/li>\n
  10. Serendipity <\/li>\n
  11. Silver linings <\/li>\n
  12. Animal prints<\/li>\n
  13. Smiles<\/li>\n
  14. Blue skies peeking through black clouds<\/li>\n
  15. Learning to use an acetyline torch<\/li>\n
  16. Coffee<\/li>\n
  17. Cheese<\/li>\n
  18. Hot showers<\/li>\n
  19. Kissing<\/li>\n
  20. Cherry blossom snow<\/li>\n
  21. Noodles<\/li>\n
  22. Mint tea<\/li>\n
  23. Dark chocolate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Say goodnight, Gracie!<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Why am I distracted? Oh, for several reasons.  I have a new mattress. I really want to go to bed and try it out. It may be that I am in bed at a very unreasonably early hour doing just that.  Clean sheets and a new mattress are pretty hard to beat.  Maybe I can … Continue reading Too distracted for writing…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2uP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10352,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10352","url_meta":{"origin":9599,"position":0},"title":"A tradition of gratitude","author":"Michelle","date":"July 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I have been working at in the last few years is cultivating a attitude of appreciation.\u00a0 Part of that has been making lists. 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